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Bob5EED
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May 10, 2021
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Open all files in single page view?

  • May 10, 2021
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Adobe Acrobat Reader 21.001.20150

I have set preferences so default view is single page.
However, when I open some pdf documents, they open in side-by-side 2-page view. This may be hard-coded into the document, overwriting the default in reader.

For us with poor vision, is there a way to configure reader so that it always opens documents in single-page view? 

Thank you for your help.

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    Correct answer try67

    Go to Preferences - Accessibility and set it there:

     

     

    That will override all preferences saved in the file, unless the view setting in it is set using a script.

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    try67
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    try67Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 11, 2021

    Go to Preferences - Accessibility and set it there:

     

     

    That will override all preferences saved in the file, unless the view setting in it is set using a script.

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      Bob5EEDAuthor
      Participant
      May 11, 2021

      try67,

      Thank you. That works.

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        Matthew227528899hsd
        Participant
        January 20, 2022

        Thank you!!!  This helped me accomplish the same thing.  Very helpful!

        Amal.
        Amal.
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        May 11, 2021

        Hi Bob

         

        Hope you are doing well and sorry for the trouble. As described, the PDF documents open in side-by-side 2-page view.

         

        Is this a behavior with a particular PDF file or with all the PDFs you open? The initial view of the PDF document is set by the creator/author of the PDF file.

         

        You may try the following preference settings and see if that works for you:

        Go to Edit (Win), Adobe Acrobat (Mac) > Preferences > Page Display > Under 'DEfault layout and Zoon' Select Page Layout as 'Single page Continuous' and see if that works for you.

         

        Regards

        Amal

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        Bob5EEDAuthor
        Participant
        May 11, 2021

        Amal,

        Thank you for the suggestion. I tried "single page continuous" and it doesn't help. Perhaps there is no way to force single-page view.

         

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